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wordfringe 2007
1–31 May

Wordfringe

Week 2

Monday 7 May
7pm
Musa

Heads & Tails
Koo Press presents poets Judith Taylor & Douglas W. Gray


Tuesday 8 May
7pm
Aberdeen Central Library

Beatitudes
Launch of Knotbrook Taylor's poetry collection, plus Maureen Ross & Majella Cullinane


Tuesday 8 May
8.30pm
Enigma

Loads of Dreads, But No Fears
Rapunzel Wizard: a true voice from the underground


Wednesday 9 May
7.30pm
Aberdeen Arts Centre

Jungle & Jazz
Aberdeen Writers' Circle, with jazz duo Andy Brown & Bill Mann


Friday 11 May
Saturday 12 May
Sunday 13 May
University of Aberdeen

Word 07
wordfringe takes a break for the University of Aberdeen Writers' Festival


Sunday 13 May
3pm
Me FM (105.8FM)

wordfringe on the radio


Week 3

Tuesday 15 May
7pm
Aberdeen Central Library

Lost in Music
Rachel Fox (poet) with Andy Fellows (concertina)


Tuesday 15 May
8.30pm
Snafu

Comedy Capers Comedy Showcase
with the best of the region's rising comedy stars


Wednesday 16 May
12.45pm
RGU, Garthdee

In wards, out wards
Poems and stories from nursing and beyond, with Colin Macduff, Eddie Gibbons & Gerard Rochford


Wednesday 16 May
8pm
Woodend Barn, Banchory

Blue Salt Collective
Poetry with visuals, music and dance from Knotbrook Taylor, Catriona Yule, Haworth Hodgkinson, John Glenday & Mhairi Allan


Thursday 17 May
6.30pm
Books and Beans

Tongue & Cheek
Launch of Liana Hemmett's chapbook On the Edge, plus 2 Alis & a G (Alison Flett, Alison Dunne & Eddie Gibbons)


Friday 18 May
7pm
Aberdeen Arts Centre

Young Poets
Aberdeen Writers' Circle Schools Poetry Competition Prizegiving

Please note change of start time


Saturday 19 May
11am
The Lemon Tree

Ways with Words
Janet Paisley presents a workshop on the use of dialogue


Saturday 19 May
2pm
The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh

2 Alis & a G
Alison Flett, Alison Dunne & Eddie Gibbons


Saturday 19 May
7.30pm
Kilau

Paisley Pattern
Fiction, poetry and live music woven by playwright and poet Janet Paisley with members of the Lemon Tree Writers


Sunday 20 May
3pm
Me FM (105.8FM)

wordfringe on the radio


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Heads & Tails

Judith Taylor & Douglas W. Gray

Monday 7 May 2007
7pm

Musa [Venue 8]

Admission Free


Koo Press presents

Judith Taylor & Douglas W. Gray

Heads and Tails

in

Heads & Tails

Poems in the Black and White of Colourful Affairs

Heads and Tails

Judith Taylor

Judith Taylor comes from Perthshire and now lives and works in Aberdeen, where she is a member of Lemon Tree Writers. She writes poetry in English and sometimes Scots, and her first chapbook collection, Earthlight, was published in 2006 by Koo Press. She was Poet Number 91 in the StAnza 100 Poets Gathering in St Andrews in March 2007.

Douglas W. Gray

Douglas W Gray lives in Cove Bay; founder member of the Dead Good Poets, former editor of poetry magazines Storm and Spume, published widely. Awards include: second prize in the Northwords Open Poetry Competiton 1998, first prize in the Feile Filiochta Open Poetry Competiton and the Irish Times Perpetual Trophy 2001, second placed in the Scottish International Poetry Competition 2003, and winner of the Ayr 800 Open Poetry Competition 2005.


Promoted by

Koo Press

Supported by

Musa Art & Music Café

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